Lingerie guard



March 17, 1931. J RQMIG 1,797,200

LINGERIE GUARD Filed Feb. 4, 1928 INVENTOR Jame-5 .fiomzlg BY ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 17, 1931 "ILUNITED STATES PATENT, OFF-10 4 JAMES E. 30mm, or nosLYN,.I ENNsYLvANIA, ASSIGIN'OR T ELIZABETH It; .wII.soN,

- 0F EosLYN, PENNSYLVANIA a v I LINGERIE GUARD Application filed February 4, 1928 Serial 1T0. 251,764.

My invention relates to devices for retaining the shoulder straps of ladies garments Y in position and more particularly to lingerie guards which are attachable to the shoulder seams of ladies dresses.

The object of the invention is to provide a lingerie guard which is sanitary and whose parts are held in alignment with one another when attached to a garment but separated from one another.

The invention consists of a separable snap fastener Whoseupper part is adaptedto be attached to a garment and whose lower part has an elongated extension adapted to be attached to the garment in such a manner that the two parts of the fastener are held in alignment with one another.

For a detailed description of the invention, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing, in which I Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a ladys dress, partly broken away, to which one of my improved lingerie guards has been attached, I

Figure 2 an enlarged cross-sectional View through theshoulder of the dress shown in V Figure 1, and

Figure 3 an enlarged perspective view of an embodiment of my invention, showing the two parts separated from one another.

The. invention, consists of an elongated- 1' metal bar or plate 5, preferably plated or made of stainless material, having two or more apertures 6 in one end and one part of a separable snap fastener on the other end which may be attached thereto but is preferably formed integral therewith by striking up a stud 7 in the enlarged head 8; the stud 7 being adapted to co-act with the other part 9 of the separable snap fastener which may be of any desired form but is preferably as thin as possible; Bar 5 may be made of a stiff non metallic material,such as celluloid,- and have one part of the separable snap fastener secured to or embedded in head 8;

As shown in FigureQ, bar 5 is attached to the shoulder seam of the dress 10 by passing threads 11 through apertures 6 and the upper Q part9 of the snap fastener is attached to dress 10, in alignment with head 8, by passing threads 12 through apertures 13. When stud 7 is withdrawn from part 9,-the threads 11 passing through apertures6 Will prevent bar 5 from swinging laterally and thusretain the snap fastener parts in alignment, so that, after lingerie strap 14: has been placed above bar 5,

substantially straight bar having at one end one element of a snap fastener and its opposite end non-rotatably secured to the garment to prevent angular movement,,and another element of the snap fastener independently attached to the garment at the position of coaotion with the first mentioned element..

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification JAMES E. ROMIG. 

